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Foundation Capital is an investment firm run primarily by entrepreneurs. Each partner left a successful career in industry to work in venture capital in order to work with other entrepreneurs to build great new companies.

They have backed successful entrepreneurs across various sectors from enterprise software to clean technology to consumer Internet and fabless semiconductors. Typically, Foundation makes an initial investment of $1 to $10 million and follow that by participating in each subsequent round of financing. As lead investors, they are often asked to fill Board seats.

Charles MoldowGeneral PartnerFoundation Capital

Charles is always on the lookout for startups working on the next generation of fintech, martech and consumer tech solutions and services.

Charles has made fourteen successful investments since he joined Foundation Capital in 2005. They include PowerSet (acquired by Microsoft), Xoopit (Yahoo!), Adwhirl (Google), and CloudOn (Dropbox).

He recently wrote a white paper on marketplace lending that has been widely circulated and discussed at various conferences: A Trillion Dollar Market, By the People, For the People.

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ACCO is a fabless semiconductor company that is empowering today's mobile communications products with advanced, high performance and cost compelling CMOS wireless solutions.

With major facilities in the Paris region of France and in Sunnyvale, California, the heart of 'Silicon Valley', ACCO has developed and patented a groundbreaking and highly innovative CMOS technology. ACCO is applying this technology to provide highly integrated and cost compelling, high-efficiency CMOS power amplifier products for 2G/EDGE/3G/4G mobile handsets not previously considered possible using CMOS technology.

adRise is the leading monetization platform for content producers and advertisers.With over 120 content partners of major film and television shows, adRise founded Tubi TV , the largest and fastest-growing -- free and legal -- video app on Connected TV devices, Mobile, and the Web. adRise connects content partners with new audiences and advertisers through real-time technology in the rapidly-evolving Connected TV market.

adRoil We put our customers first and do not make a move without keeping their interests at heart.

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